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Undergraduate 1
09/29/2006

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Where is energy captured from
Definition
The sun
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Where is energy stored?
Definition
In covalent bonds of organic molecules
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What is ATP important for?
Definition
The storage and transfer of energy in the cell
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What is kinase?
Definition
Transfer or phosphate from ATP catalyzed by enzymes
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Where do phosphorylated molecules do work?
Definition
Within the cell
Term
What is fermentation?
Definition
Partial breakdown of sugar in absense of oxygen.
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What is cellular respiration?
Definition
Complete breakdown of a variety of organic molecules in presense of oxygen
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What does ATP consist of?
Definition
Carbohydrates, Fats, and proteins
Term
What does Redox reactions do?
Definition
Transfer one molecule to another.
Term
In organic chemistry what do electron usually travel with?
Definition
Hydrogen
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What is oxidation?
Definition
Removal of electrons.
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What is oxidation?
Definition
Removal of electrons.
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What is reduction?
Definition
Addition of electrons
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Molecules are broken down to in a serie of steps to effiently...
Definition
Harvest the energy
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What are electrons associated with? What are they stripped off of? Where are they transferred to?
Definition
Hydrogens. Molecule. Electron acceptors.
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What does NAD+ mean?
Definition
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
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What does FAD mean?
Definition
Flavin adenine dinucleotide
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Where is ATP mostly generated?
Definition
At the end of cellular respiration
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What is some ATP generated by?
Definition
Subtrate- level phosphorylation
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How many phases does cellular respiration occur in?
Definition
3
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What is glycolysis?
Definition
The transfer of pyruvate and conversion to acetyl (CoA)
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Atoms are not lost but?
Definition
Rearranged
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What does not require oxygen and occur in the cytosol?
Definition
Glycolysis
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Glycolysis breaks down 6-carbon sugars into?
Definition
into 2 seperate 3 carbon sugars.
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How many steps does breakdown of Glucose occur in?
Definition
10 steps
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How many phases does glycolysis occur in?
Definition
2 phases
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How many ATP does energy investment use?
Definition
2 ATP's
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How many ATP and NADH does Energy payoff use?
Definition
4 ATP,, and 2 NADH
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How may ATP and NADH does Net energy use?
Definition
2 ATP, and 2 NADH
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What happens if O2 (oxygen) is present in the Citric Acid (Kreb's) cycle?
Definition
Pyruvate is transported into mitochondria for further breakdown
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What is pyruvate modified into when Hydrogen enters the mitochondrion?
Definition
Acetyl
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How many steps does the Citric Acid cycle consist of?
Definition
8 steps
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Where are electron carriers transferred to?
Definition
The electron transport chain
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Where is the electron chain located?
Definition
On the mitochondrial inner membrane
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Electron transport chain generates power to generate?
Definition
ATP synthesis
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What happens as electrons pass the electron transport chain?
Definition
Electrons drop energy, and ultimaetly pass through oxygen
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Where is ATP synthase found?
Definition
In the Cristae
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What is phosphofructokinase?
Definition
It is glycolysis. Major Site of regulation.
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What is photosynthesis?
Definition
Process by which light energy from the sun and CO2 and H2O is used to create sugars and other organic molecules and 02.
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Where do all carbon that organisms use come from?
Definition
CO2
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What are auto trophs?
Definition
They produce organic molecules from CO2 and other inorganic raw materials found in enviroment.
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What are photo auto trophs?
Definition
Use energy from the sun to generate organic compounds.
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What is chemoautotrophs?
Definition
Use energy from inorganic substances to generate organic compounds.
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What is chemoautotrophs?
Definition
Use energy from inorganic substances to generate organic compounds.
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What is chemoautotrophs?
Definition
Use energy from inorganic substances to generate organic compounds.
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What are Heterotrophs?
Definition
Live on organic compounds produced by other organisms.
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How do heterotrophs get organic compounds?
Definition
From eating plants and/or other animals. Dead materials and/or waste products.
Term
What are the site of photosynthesis in plants and are located in interior plant tissue called mesophyll?
Definition
Chloroplast
Term
Where are thylakoids found?
Definition
In the chloroplast
Term
Leaves contain an opening called a?
Definition
Stomata
Term
Enzyme activity is affected by?
Definition
temperature, cofactors, and pH
Term
An amphipathic molecule has a ______ and a _______region?
Definition
hydrophilic; hydrophobic
Term
What is the purpose of cellular respiration?
Definition
Harvest energy for generating ATP
Term
What is activation energy?
Definition
The energy that must be put into a chemical reaction to push it over an energy barrier.
Term
Membrane proteins like integrin and transport proteins are called?
Definition
Transmembrane spanning proteins and integral proteins.
Term
The last amino acid in the polypeptide chain has a free?
Definition
Carboxyl group
Term
Which of the following model systems best describes the plasma membrane?
Definition
Fluid mosaic model
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As a scientific researcher, yoeu put an animal cell (internal [solute]= 140mM) into a beaker of solution([solute]=200mM). The solution is ___ so the cell________
Definition
hypertonic; shrivels
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In a chemical reaction, if the free energy of the products is higher than free energy of the reactants, the reaction is?
Definition
endergonic and requires an input of energy for the reaction to go.
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A molecule that binds to the enzyme outside of the active site and slows down or stops enzyme activity is called a(n)?
Definition
Non-competitive and allosteric inhibitor.
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Vesicles from the endoplasmic reticulum are recieved by the _____ on the _____side.
Definition
Golgi Appartus, cis
Term
What is not associated with the with the Citric Acid (Kreb's) Cycle?
Definition
Pyruvate
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If a large protein were dissolved in water, where would the following amino acids most likely be facing: valine (R=CH(CH3)2 and serine (R=CH2OH)?
Definition
The serine facing the water and the valine on the inside away from the water.
Term
How many molecules of acetyl CoA are produced from 1 molecule of glucose?
Definition
2
Term
Large macromolecules, like glycogen and starch, are transported into the cell by?
Definition
Phagocytosis
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Integral membrane proteins are made up of?
Definition
Polar/Nonpolar amino acids; and charged amino acids.
Term
Where in the cell does glycolysis occur?
Definition
cytosol
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The transport of water across the membrane is?
Definition
Facilitated diffusion and osmosis
Term
Animal cells are surrounded by?
Definition
Extracellular matrix
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In cellular respiration, electrons are_____ glucose so glucose is being _____.
Definition
removed from; oxidized
Term
Which of the following cytoskeleton fibers is made of actin?
Definition
microfilaments
Term
Which of the following steps in cellular respiration does not require oxygen?
Definition
glycolysis
Term
Which of the following substances can NOT be actively transported?
Definition
testosterone (a steriod hormone)
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Proteins to be exported from the cell are syntheisized in the?
Definition
rough endoplasmic reticulum
Term
Thylakoids are found within which cellular structure?
Definition
Chloroplasts
Term
If the build up of final product slows down or stops the metabolic pathway, it is called?
Definition
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